Is he interested in photo editing or general programming? There are a lot of good jobs in Computer Sci out there still. If he's more into soldering, a solid ECE/EE degree can lead to all kinds of good stuff (factory design, power plants, hell even designing alarm clocks cause someone has to do it). Find what he loves and find careers that are going strong and not total crap and you can usually steer them towards interests. I did the same with my nephew. I made a VERY BIG DEAL about not going into debt and how you get out of any program what you put into it. He avoided the big name schools, went to a smaller 4 year university he could afford with his parents help, and now has a Ruby job, wife and 1 year old with a second on the way. He owns a house too, although his sister and her husband live with them for the time being to pay the mortgage.